Hong Kong continued its strong performance at the Asian Para Games on Wednesday, with swimmer Chan Yui-lam successfully defending her women’s S14 100m butterfly title and additional medals earned in fencing and table tennis. The Games are being held in Nagoya, Japan.

Chan, 23, captured gold in the 100m butterfly at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium, finishing with a time of 1:05.19. She edged out host nation swimmer Aira Kinoshita, who took silver with a 1:05.56 finish. Another Hong Kong athlete, Lau Chiu-yee, secured the bronze medal in 1:07.39. Chan, who holds the regional and Asian Para Games records for the event, had previously earned bronze in the women’s 100m backstroke earlier in the week.

Beyond swimming, Hong Kong also found success on the fencing piste and table tennis courts. In wheelchair fencing, the women’s épée team comprising Yu Chui-yee, Lam Ka-man, Tong Ng-ting, and Fan Pui-shan claimed a silver medal after falling 30-10 to China in the final. The Hong Kong team had advanced by defeating Uzbekistan 30-14 in the semifinals.

Yu, a veteran competing in her fifth Asian Para Games at age 42, noted that the team benefited from favorable tournament seeding. Due to a recalculation of world rankings under a new format and China’s absence from recent World Cup events, the Chinese team was placed in the bottom half of the draw, allowing Hong Kong to avoid them until the final. Yu emphasized the importance of maintaining focus and executing points well against Uzbekistan, while also seeing the final as an opportunity to test practiced strategies against a formidable Chinese team.

In table tennis, Hong Kong earned two silver and three bronze medals in mixed doubles categories. Wong Hoi-man and Lam Yan-yu won silver in the mixed standing doubles final at Sky Hall Toyota, losing to Taiwan’s Lin Tzu-ryu and Su Jin-sun in four sets (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8). Wong described their play as somewhat passive under pressure, while Lam, who was making her Asian Para Games debut, expressed that the unexpected silver medal boosted their confidence.

Bronze medals came from the pairs of Wan Wai-lok and Wong Pui-kei, Yuen King-shing and Wong Ting-ting, as well as Tong Chi-ming and Wong Yuen-ching. The latter lost a tight semifinal match 3-2 to the Chinese duo Chen Chao and Huang Wenjuan.

Following Wednesday’s achievements, Hong Kong’s overall medal tally at the Asian Para Games stands at two gold, 10 silver, and 16 bronze medals.